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This week saw the sentencing of the notorious Sycamore Tree Gap Fellers.
I have a look at why there was a global outcry and ask was it because the tree was famous and because we knew about it we all felt connected to it.
I also ask the question is it right that the felling of a tree evoked more reactions than the death of a baby that was also in the news this week.
I look at what you can and can't do when it comes to felling a tree and share some of my own personal experience on this.
I also question the length of the sentence in comparison to a death by dangerous driving sentence that was handed out this week.
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